Joel Smith and Christopher Sharp consider the recent Supreme Court decision concerning obtaining information about wrongdoers, particularly the use of Norwich Pharmacal relief and the balance to be struck with the data protection rights of individuals…
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Here are predictions from IT lawyers Graham Smith, Robin Fry and Beverley Flynn, focusing mainly on 2013….
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In the welter of coverage of the Leveson Report, data protection issues have not been given much prominence but they will matter to SCL members….
By strange coincidence, the first three contributions received in response to our call for predictions all came from people working at DLA Piper, the ‘global law firm’. They deserve their own special moment as a reward for a prompt response….
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When you get Charles Christian, Jan Durant, Andrew Haslam and Charles Holloway in one predictions posting, the combined weight of experience and perception threatens to imbalance the Internet. We decided to risk it….
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The Law Commission has opened a consultation which raises questions about how the traditional approach to contempt can co-exist with the new media…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office issued monetary penalties totalling £440,000 in respect of two spam texters…
Edwin Moore-Gillon considers some important and topical issues in the outsourcing sector, and what they may mean for businesses in these difficult times….
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A recording of a recent SCL meeting…
In this, my first blog as SCL Chair, I set out some of my thoughts on the way forward for SCL and acknowledge the enormous contribution of my predecessor as Chair, Clive Davies….